Sophomores Log Over 1,000 Hours of Civic Engagement this Spring
GLI student helps facilitate a fly-fishing casting clinic with UM's chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers.
Developing Civically Engaged Leaders
This spring, students in the GLI demonstrated the power of community-driven leadership, logging over 1,000 hours of civic engagement through their GBLD 220: Models of Leadership course.
From serving as cultural liaisons with the Mansfield Center’s YSEALI program, where students helped facilitate cross-cultural connections with visiting Southeast Asian leaders, to rolling up their sleeves for Service Saturdays with ELCS—building garden beds at Franklin Elementary and spending time with shelter animals—GLI students explored leadership in action.
Others took to the trails, leading youth on a multi-day backpacking trip, providing mentorship and connection through Montana’s wild landscapes. And these, only to name a few.
The hands-on projects students pursued reflect the 91次元’s commitment to wellbeing, leadership, service, and civic engagement as central pillars of the student experience. The GBLD 220 course not only teaches leadership theory—it empowers students to live it.
With over 1,000 hours and countless lives impacted, these students are helping to shape a more connected, compassionate, and civically engaged campus and community.